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en-USmdonnini@aapg.orgmdonnini@aapg.orgTue, 31 Mar 2015 17:07:37 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2015 17:07:37 GMThttp://backend.userland.com/rssPackFlash Publishing RSS Generator Version 2.4.1.0Spindletop Was Feted, And She Met a Hero<p>I must have tugged on his coattails. Actually, I don’t really remember how it all came about. But at the 1951 Spindletop 50th anniversary celebration in Beaumont, Texas, I, a 10-year-old schoolgirl, somehow found myself talking to Allen William “Al” Hamill, one of the drillers of the famed Lucas Gusher – the well brought in 50 years before, January 10, 1901, on the low mound just south of town that came to be known as Spindletop Hill.</p><p><a href='http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/16344/spindletop-was-feted-and-she-met-a-hero'>More...</a></p>http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/16344/spindletop-was-feted-and-she-met-a-hero
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/16344/spindletop-was-feted-and-she-met-a-heroSun, 01 Mar 2015 00:50:00 GMT0Going Deeper: Blue H-28 Was a Whale of a Tale<p>The well drilled in the Gander Block was called “Blue” after the world’s largest mammal, the blue whale, since it was going to be drilled on one of the world’s largest prospects. In mid-1979 Blue H-28 spudded in 4,876 feet (1,486 meters) of water and was drilled problem-free to a drill depth of 20,023 feet (6,103 meters).</p><p><a href='http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/15853/going-deeper-blue-h-28-was-a-whale-of-a-tale'>More...</a></p>http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/15853/going-deeper-blue-h-28-was-a-whale-of-a-tale
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/15853/going-deeper-blue-h-28-was-a-whale-of-a-taleSun, 01 Feb 2015 00:49:00 GMT0200-Year-Old Ohio Well Still Worth a Visit<p>A commemorative event was held in October to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the historic Thorla-McKee oil well and salt works of southeastern Ohio. It is an important historical site for the history of North America’s petroleum industry. Much like the 1818 traveler who visited the “natural curiosity” and wrote about the well, the site is still well worth a visit.</p><p><a href='http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/13659/200-year-old-ohio-well-still-worth-a-visit'>More...</a></p>http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/13659/200-year-old-ohio-well-still-worth-a-visit
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/13659/200-year-old-ohio-well-still-worth-a-visitMon, 01 Dec 2014 00:50:00 GMT0Alaska: Early Frustrations Led to Later Success<p>The history of oil development in Alaska is often presented as a heroic tale, but long before the 1968 discovery of the Prudhoe Bay field (16 billion barrels and counting), the industry experience was marked by a great deal of frustration and failure.</p><p><a href='http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/10218/alaska-early-frustrations-led-to-later-success'>More...</a></p>http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/10218/alaska-early-frustrations-led-to-later-success
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/10218/alaska-early-frustrations-led-to-later-successSun, 01 Jun 2014 00:50:00 GMT0Hugoton’s Rich History<p>The presence of natural gas in Kansas was known in pre-territorial time, as it was escaping from &ldquo;oil springs&rdquo; in Miami County in the region&rsquo;s northeast part &ndash; there is some evidence that it was collected and used by local American Indians before any easterners settled in what would become the Sunflower State.</p><p><a href='http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2692/hugoton’s-rich-history'>More...</a></p>http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2692/hugoton’s-rich-history
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2692/hugoton’s-rich-historySun, 01 Dec 2013 00:51:00 GMT0Lucas and the Michigan Basin Reef Project<p>This story is an illustration of how a single geologist working for a major company can develop new exploration concepts in a &ldquo;mature basin&rdquo; and turn it into one of that company&rsquo;s most successful plays in the onshore United States.</p><p><a href='http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2466/lucas-and-the-michigan-basin-reef-project'>More...</a></p>http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2466/lucas-and-the-michigan-basin-reef-project
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2466/lucas-and-the-michigan-basin-reef-projectWed, 01 May 2013 00:51:00 GMT0A Truly Massive Stimulation Technique<p>After World War II, the United States suddenly found itself with nuclear explosives, a tool for which there were few obvious uses other than spectacular and indiscriminate destruction.&nbsp;</p><p><a href='http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2326/a-truly-massive-stimulation-technique'>More...</a></p>http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2326/a-truly-massive-stimulation-technique
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2326/a-truly-massive-stimulation-techniqueFri, 01 Mar 2013 00:51:00 GMT0Historic New York Survey Set High Geologic Standards<p>When New York began its first state geological survey in 1836, seep petroleum was used in small quantities primarily for medicinal purposes.</p><p><a href='http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2278/historic-new-york-survey-set-high-geologic-standards'>More...</a></p>http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2278/historic-new-york-survey-set-high-geologic-standards
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2278/historic-new-york-survey-set-high-geologic-standardsTue, 01 Jan 2013 00:51:00 GMT0Striking It Big in Kansas<p>In January 1860, Lawrence, Kan., newspaperman George W. Brown, while visiting his hometown of Conneautville, Pa., was captured in the excitement of a new oil boom radiating from nearby Titusville.</p><p><a href='http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2108/striking-it-big-in-kansas'>More...</a></p>http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2108/striking-it-big-in-kansas
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2108/striking-it-big-in-kansasThu, 01 Nov 2012 00:51:00 GMT0Geology Was Factor In Frontier Texas Life<p>Most papers about the history of geology concern evolution of concepts or sequences of events. This paper turns that on its ear &ndash; it shows how geology can influence history.</p><p><a href='http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2038/geology-was-factor-in-frontier-texas-life'>More...</a></p>http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2038/geology-was-factor-in-frontier-texas-life
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2038/geology-was-factor-in-frontier-texas-lifeMon, 01 Oct 2012 00:51:00 GMT0Permian: A Basin Full of Stories<p>Even from the beginning, the discovery well gave a hint that the Permian Basin was going to be a major oil province. That well was the Santa Rita #1 &ndash; Santa Rita, the patron Saint of the Impossible.</p><p><a href='http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/1897/permian-a-basin-full-of-stories'>More...</a></p>http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/1897/permian-a-basin-full-of-stories
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/1897/permian-a-basin-full-of-storiesTue, 01 May 2012 00:51:00 GMT0Wildcattin’ Piano Teacher Became Oil Queen<p>Tenacity and a keen business mind were traits contributing to the success of one of California&rsquo;s most prosperous oilmen of the early 1900s &ndash; except this particular oilman was a woman.</p><p><a href='http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/1879/wildcattin’-piano-teacher-became-oil-queen'>More...</a></p>http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/1879/wildcattin’-piano-teacher-became-oil-queen
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/1879/wildcattin’-piano-teacher-became-oil-queenSun, 01 Apr 2012 00:51:00 GMT0An ‘Enterprising’ North Sea Discovery <p>The Nelson Field in the North Sea is the British Gas discovery featured in a new series of articles focusing on the history of petroleum geology.</p><p><a href='http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2064/an-‘enterprising’-north-sea-discovery'>More...</a></p>http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2064/an-‘enterprising’-north-sea-discovery
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2064/an-‘enterprising’-north-sea-discoveryTue, 01 Feb 2011 00:51:00 GMT0